xvi, 297 pages 24 cm

One of the most amiable, amusing, and powerful figures of America's middle years, H. J. Heinz was among those prodigiously energetic, freewheeling tycoons who in scarcely more than a generation made the United States an industrialized nation. Throughout the half century 1869-1919 he was a dominant force in developments that revolutionalized American agriculture, food processing, and eating habits

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283)

Beginnings -- The ordeal of Henry Heinz -- "Truly it is starting life over" -- Life, diet, and "upward progress" -- "Faithful efforts and good success" -- Innocence abroad, or, Mr. and Mrs. Heinz on the grand tour -- "I agree to take the full generalship" -- Triumph and tragedy -- "We keep our shingle out" -- "Kindly care and fair treatment" -- "The Pickle King" -- Battler against "the hosts of Satan" -- The plaudits of the many, the small voices of the future -- At the crest of the wave: 1911-1913 -- Adventures in Herr Professor Doktor C. von Dapper-Saalfels' Neues Kurhaus -- The master merchant in his seventies -- As seen through other eyes -- The death of the founder

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